Omar, the 2nd Caliph, hated Muhammad (SAWS), Islam, and Muslims so much, he used to torture Muslims, especially slaves like Bilal because they accepted what they saw as a better religion than worshipping 360+ stone idols instead of the Creator. One day, he went to his sister's house, and found that she and her husband became Muslims. He felt that would bring him & his tribe shame so he beat them up. When he saw their blood, he wanted to know why? So he read what Chapter they had with them that was revealed that time to the Prophet, it was "Ar Rahman" the most merciful.

(1) The Most Merciful(2) Taught the Qur'an,(3) Created man,(4) [And] taught him eloquence.(5) The sun and the moon by precise calculation,(6) And the stars and trees prostrate.(7) And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance( That you not transgress within the balance.(9) And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.(10) And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.(11) Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates](12) And grain having husks and scented plants.(13) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

He was feared by Muslims because he was strong both in his body & his tribe. That day he became Muslim, and Muslims demonstrated their Monotheism w/o fear of oppression.

And I don’t know what is going on, but it seems that banks are pretty ill. Today, Société Générale hit a record 6-year-low. Maher might have sold the stocks of his great grand mother.

As for Deutsche Bank, it could go bankrupt. It’s not new, I remember that our friend harkaz talked about it a while ago. In this video, the specialist Pierre Jovanovic shows the parallel between DB and Lehman brothers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEUOSKmSx80

In this context, maybe our move to sunnier shores together could happen sooner than later. The Palestinian outback could be an interesting place (and I use outback to highlight the wilderness and the untouched nature).Of course, Palestinian olive groves around settlements in the West Bank are subject to uprooting, vandalism and blazing by settlers, that’s why we’ll have to settle a long way inland to find a hospitable place, and people who don’t know the sins of modernity. However, I think we’ll have to find a place with dentists and doctors, it would be a pity to die of a toothache.

Just thought i'd mention that this may be my fave thread on the forum. Thanks alot for keeping it alive with knowledge, and shared ideas. Although, as always its not always things that are to my liking.And, I'm having a hard time keeping up with the posts.

There is no question that Venezuela's massive oil reserves are a big factor for wanting to bring down Maduro. It's not the only one. Maduro is a tyrant who has trashed his country. The Venezuelan people are fed up, protests continue unabated. Most of the countries in this hemisphere as well as the European Union also want him out.

My family experiences a similar thing in Cuba. Fidel Castro was a despot who murdered tens thousands of people. We, as well as millions of more Cubans, were forced to go into exile and, sadly, stay there.

Today, I'm going to hold a conference. Because I think some of you don't know what the picture below depicts.

Some scholars of the forum, like Vasudev or aa1234779 could probably find the answer: it's a peanut, indeed. But what else?

Pirouette and peanut have been in touch for a long time. Well beyond the nursery rhyme because the little seed, prank queen, has more than one trick up its pod. It is never where we expect it to be, plays with clichés, without denying its status, faithful companion of the aperitif at any time in any place.It is first of all by its nature that the peanut tricks us: we would swear it is a member of the family of oleaginous, cousin of almonds, hazelnuts and nuts of all kinds... Well, no, it is a vegetable, as well as peas, beans and dried beans, with which it can share the same culinary destiny. It is then by its spelling that the little seed confuses us: the French word “cacahuète” is borrowed from Spanish, and from tlalcacahuatl, in Nahuatl language ( Aztec), designating an "Earth cocoa ". Adapted to tropical and subtropical regions, the cultivation of the peanut is widespread in Latin and Central America where it originated and has spread to Africa and Asia (China and India are now the first countries producers).

In small doses, the peanut is extraordinary because it has assets compatible with the requirements of contemporary food, which no longer excludes the "good fat", an excellent source of vegetable protein, zinc, copper, and its neutral oil, rather average in terms of taste and diet, withstands very well the highest temperatures. In gastronomy, it is particularly distinguished by its powerful and original taste and a crisp stimulant, when it is grilled or roasted. Qualities that have made it accessible to luxury tables; a pretty pirouette again. At the Plaza Athénée in Paris, the young pastry chef Jessica Préalpato makes a sublime dessert with it, both light and gourmet, in combination with vegetable milk.The peanut is therefore much better than its poor reputation, as evidenced by the African recipes (Senegalese mafé...) and Asian (Indonesian gado gado, Thai Pad, green papaya salad, Vietnamese bo bun), in which it sometimes compensates for the lack of meat. In the purified version of peanut butter, the mashed peanut nature and bio can compete with tahini (crushed sesame) to form a sauce, give body to a dressing, thicken and raise a soup, enrobe roasted vegetables, replace the butter in cookies, spice up a cake , or welcome the apples on a pie...

I wouldn't be surprised if MBS and others were sending Twitter generous "donations". Supposedly it's a forum for people to air their views freely. If that were true then why are some opinions OK when others aren't?